Metondji Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Metondji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metondji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin741:139,67014,797
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Metondji (46) may also be a first name.

Metondji Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Metondji Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Metondji is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Metondji? popularity and diffusion

The surname Metondji is the 2,136,387th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Metondji live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 46 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 139,670. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 86 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 7 percent are found and Collines Department, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Benin Metondji is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 1 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Metonji933/
Mitondji8858/
Mitonji806/
Metanji801/
Mitandji7511/
Methonsi751/
Matandji751/
Mothondje7111/
Mestonsis711/
Mitongi6778/
Metangi6715/
Mitanji671/
Matoundjeu671/
Mitongia6352/
Methansi631/
Metangis631/
Methonzhe592/
Metange531,819/
Mitonge5349/
Mitangi5326/
Mitanzi5322/
Metanza532/
Mitonze531/
Mitansih5019/
Metannge502/
Metaange502/
Methance501/
Muitanzi501/
Maitangi501/
Metantge501/
Methange501/
Mithangi501/
Meatange501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Metondji
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